Detachable supporting means



y 23, 1939- H. H. LOWENSTEIN 2,159,357

DETACHABLE SUPPORTING MEANS Filed March 30, 1958 .ZEaWezaZar fi ermanfllowe wizz Patented May 23, 1939 ifalsas's'v v v "Damon-ABLE SUPPORTING MEANS v \Hernmn HLLowenstein, Chicago, Ill, Application March 30,1938,.Serial'No.198;980

" ,s clainis. (c1. ac-1124i The present invention relates generally to a novel and improved means for detachably supporting on a sheet member a plurality of'elements, I v 'aidattaching means being formed integral with said supporting sheet. 7

Ill 18 311 object of this invention to provide as an article of manufacture a sheet memberformed 'of alpliable' material capable of having tongues die-cut therein by meansjof'which tongues suit- 10 able elements may be supported on said sheet -"member in detachable engagement therewith.

Another object of. thisinvention 'is to provide a sheet' member ,of suitable material, such as cardboard or the like, said member "being adapt- 16 edio'r supporting thereon -a plurality offelements, sa-id elements being held in place on the member means of slots cut therein cooperating with tongues die-cut in the sheet mcm'bergwhereby 'said elements may be readily attached to or *de- Q tach'ed from said supporting member.

I further object' of-this invention is to provide in a device of the character described, novel andjimproved' means forsupporting a plurality of elements on a sheet member of,'pliab1e material,

I which-i means include die cutting'suitable tongues in the sheet member, "said ton ues being adapted for engagement by portions'of said elements to be held thereon, whereby said elements may be detachably supported on said sheetmeniber.

Astill further object of this invention is'to provide a device Of the. character described comprising a sheet member of pliable ,material, capable of having tongues die-cut therein, said tongues "being arranged in a plurality ,of rows, and each 3 of said tongues being adapted fordetachably'supporting onsaid sheet member an element, such "as ame'dallion' or the likeQeach of said elements 'having a, slit cut therein for engagement with 'a tongue on the'sheet member .and said elements being adapted for havingdesired information "inscribed thereon. A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which willbe simple in construction and assembly, which 5 may be produced along lines convenient for lowcost manufacture, and which will, at the same time, be highly efiicient for carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accomapanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structure may made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any o'f the advantages of the invention.

'Forthe'purpose of facilitating anunderstand 1 ing of my invention, Ihave illustrated in the acscompa'n-yi'ng drawing, a preferred embodiment thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following descriptionQmy inventionji'ts modeofconstruction, asdo sembly and'oper ation, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

'lfteife'rring to the'drawing in which the :same characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding'or similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawing: i i Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a plaque or supporting sheet having a plurality of elements supported thereon; V

Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryportion of a plan view of a similar sheet showing elements of a shape difierent from that shown'in l supported thereon; h

Fig. 3 'isa sectional view through the detachable fastening means between the element and 5 itssupporting sheet taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a modified form of fastening means employed for securing the element to a supporting sheet; j 1 Fig. 5 isa sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig.-4;'

Fig.6 is a still furthermodified form of fastening means for securingjthe element to its supporting sheet; M I 1'. Fig. '7 is a sectional view taken substantially j on line 1-1 of Fig, 6',

Stated generally, the present'invention involves the idea of producing a supporting sheet made "to die-cutting, which sheet is provided with a plurality of die-cut tongues upon which may be supported suitable elements of any desired shape or size, which elements may carry either a portrait or a picture, or other insignia. By assem- 5 bling these elements on the plaque, the entire plaque may be built up to illustrate, for example, the several species of animals belonging to the same famiily, these elements being removed from or added to the plaque from time to time.

Another example of its use might be the production of a plaque upon which the portraits of the Presidents of the United States may be mounted, each element having a portrait of a President, said elements being mounted on said u plaque in the manner to be hereinafter more fully illustrated, and when the entire plaque has been completed, the same may be supported on a wall or the like.

Referring to the drawing more specifically b-y characters of reference, the numeral I designates generally a sheet member formed of pliable material, such, for example, as cardboard, Celluloid, or other material that lends itself readily to die-cutting- Said sheet member may be formed of any suitable size and shape and, may be provided adjacent its upper end with suitable openings II, to which may be attached the ends of a flexible member such as a cord or the like for supporting the member H] on a wall or the like. The member III has die-cut therein a plurality of tongues I2, which tongues may be arranged in horizontal rows as shown in Fig. 1, and by means of which there may be detachably supported on said sheet member ill the elements l3,

whichelements are also formed of suitable pliable material such as cardboard, Celluloid or the like. Each of the elements l3 may be provided with a suitable tab l4 adjacent its upper end which is die-cut,;as shown at Hi, to provide a slit I6, said slit permitting the passage therethrough of the tongue l2, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, thereby supporting the element in place on the sheet [0. As shown in the drawing, the element I3 may be formed of any suitable size and shape, and when in assembled position with the supporting sheet ID, will lie substantially flat thereagainst. The element'l3 is adapted to have provided thereon either a picture or a portrait or any other suitable insignia, which inscription will bear some relation to the inscriptions appearing or provided on the other elements carried by each supporting member. Thus, for example, the plaque illustrated in Fig. 1 may be used for the purpose of carrying the portraits or pictures of baseball players of a certain baseball team, each-element 36 being provided with a picture or a portrait of one of the players of said team, and as these players change from time to time, these elements may be removed and a new element inserted in its place, so that the make-up of that particular baseball team may be kept up-to-date at all times.

The modification shown in Fig. 2 is substantially the same in construction as that. shown in Fig. 1, except that the elements l3 are illustrated as circular instead of rectangular. In Fig. 4, however, the means for attaching the elements 20 to the supporting sheet II) is somewhat different from that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 in that the sheet member I0 is die-cut to produce a pair 7 her Ill.

tance equal to the length ofthe element 26, said element being provided with tongues 21, which tongues are adapted to be disposed within the openings 25, as shown in Fig. 6 for detachably securing the element 26 to the supporting mem- From the above, it will be readily apparent that I have provided a device which will be highly useful for several purposes, educational as well as entertaining. It will also be noted that the device maybe simply'constructed and at a low cost.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood from the foregoing without further description, and it should also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described for illustrative purposes, the structural details are nevertheless capable of wide variation within the purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a sheet member of pliable material, insignia bearing elements, a series of tongues die-cut in said sheet member, and a able material, insignia bearing elements, a series of tongues die-cut in said sheet member, said tongues being of substantially increasing flaring diameter from approximately half the distance from the tip to the base, and a tab die-cut in each of said insignia bearing elements and pressed out to present a substantially semi-circular slit, each of said tongues being adapted for disposition within the slit of one of said insignia bearing elements, said tongues and slits co-operating to produce a positive binding engagement by reason of the flaring size of said tongues engaging the edges of its co-operating slit in the insignia bearing element.

3. In combination with a sheet member of pliable material, insignia bearing elements, a series of tongues of die-cut in said sheet member, said tongues being of substantially increasing flaring diameter from part of the distance from the tip to the base, and a tab provided in each of said insignia bearing elements and pressed out to present a substantially semi-circular slit, the diameter of said slit being less than the larger diameter of the base of said tongue whereby a binding engagement will be produced between the tongue and its co-operating slit when the said tongue is inserted throughthe slit.

HERMAN H. LOWENSTEIN. 

